Dancing Earth

Exert of a piece on border abolition brought to light by my families story of migration on the micro level and on the macro level global border struggles waged by indigenous people over colonial exploitation. Dance translation- The colonial knife that unnaturally cuts straight borders simultaneously extracts our beating hearts from our chest when we are severed from our land and family. The limbs of the land partitioned, extracted, and severed. The dance begins with family and transitional cycles, then goes on to depict struggle, resistance, and finally liberation. I can not remember when this was performed #dance #borderabolition

in Berkeley , youth art exhibit for Bioneers , and oakland museum painting of Harry Fonseca

Welcome @dancing.earth to Kumeyaay land! EarthBody movement workshop on Sunday, January 25, from 3 to 4:30 PM at Seagrove Park in Del Mar (15th St &, Coast Blvd, Del Mar, CA) we will be on the grass overlooking the beach so feel free to swim or surf before/after!

💜✨TONIGHT IN SAN ANTO! ✨💜 Join us in an intimate and safe space for all bodies, all genders, all IndigeBaddies + Accomplices ready to step into realms of healing and movement led by seasoned community dancing artists @gio_la_zombie & @mexicaboogie . Be ready to be held in a space cultivated by visionaries at @riveralchemyarts where our bodies are safe explore a community practice of liberation through imagination and movement! Grateful to Maestra @rulantangen of @dancing.earth for pouring their knowledge and embodied training practices so that as movement artists we can continue growing in how we offer movement as medicine to hold our beloved communities! DONATION SUGGESTION $13 7-9pm 2600 S Flores SAN ANTONIO, TX **Altar offerings and gifts accepted if funds are tight and you need alternative options for being in reciprocity with the energy exchange of our facilities and facilitators. SEE YALL TONITE!

One month ago we gathered on Chochenyo Ohlone lands at CSU East Bay for our Emergent Performance Ritual… The Listening Project: In the House of Matriarchs The wisdom and resilience shared in the voices of our Elders and Matriarchs are still reverberating with us, and we are deeply grateful for the presence of community coming together in the spirit of Listening! “Reflecting upon DE’s 21st year and the consideration of legacy, I shift my focus to consider the larger moment of arts being diminished severely at this time. What is legacy? What is the impact of art ? What is the movement we need to make or the perspectives we need to listen to, to make a kinder more sustainable world ? The reactions of community to this offering confirmed that the intentions of this project is creating major reverberation for every participant, creating change one being at a time. Thank you for being a part of this, for being a part of the great rippling!” -Founding Artistic Director Rulan Tangen @rulantangen Collaborating Artists: @ronice.art @blue.emma @toembodylove @taramyflyingsister Lizae Reyes, Gina Pacaldo Matriarch/Elders: Johnella LaRose, Gina Pacaldo, Halifu Osumare, Lizae Reyes Artistic Director/Choreographer: Rulan Tangen Producer: Taraneh Sarrafzadeh Special thanks to MAP Fund and The Wandering Ensemble, and CSU East Bay Dept of Dance and Theater Voice of Halifu Osumare Soundscape by @blue.emma Photo and Video by Josh Egel

❤️‍🔥We are ignited in the spirit of our collective resilience in this potent process of Listening and dancing with the wisdom pouring from our elders/Matriarchs. Join us this Sunday as their voices serve us guidance for the times.❤️‍🔥 We invite participants to bring a photo of a matriarch, elder, and/or Mother Land you’d like to honor in our ritual for our collective altar which will be offered by @_mujerestrella Our immersive community time will include activities such as cordage making with @scrap_tender , blending herbal tea, and postcard writing. Together we will share an embodied invocation for all to participate in, followed by our performance ritual. “It seems that we are in times of collapse and crumble of many systems , and this is a time to listen deeply to what experienced women who we love and respect have to say. And then, to embody that knowledge and determine how to apply it into action in the world…” -Founding Artistic Director Rulan Tangen 🍃THIS SUNDAY🍃 Dancing Earth’s Bay Area Eco-Artivists present THE LISTENING PROJECT In the House of Matriarchs Centered in Dancing Earth’s Land Dance practices, we invite audiences to participate in embodied listening to ecologies of land, water, & place, as we honor matriarchs, mentors, and muses of diverse lineages. 🌱You’re invited to our emergent performance ritual!🌱 Join us for a special afternoon of multi-disciplinary, immersive community offerings and performance ritual. October 5th, 2:30-5:30PM at Cal State University East Bay, Hayward Chochenyo Ohlone Lands Find tickets and learn more Video: @dmm_vision

“It seems that we are in times of collapse and crumble of many systems , and this is a time to listen deeply to what experienced women who we love and respect have to say. And then, to embody that knowledge and determine how to apply it into action in the world…” -Founding Artistic Director Rulan Tangen Presenting the Matriarchs and elder mentors featured in The Listening Project. Each dancer has had the honor of collaborating with matriarch/elder mentors in the creation of The Listening Project, exploring the embodied wisdom that emerges from Listening deeply...creating a tapestry guided and woven by Founding Artistic Director & Choreographer Rulan Tangen. We are in gratitude to the powerful wisdom coming through these women. 🍃THIS SUNDAY🍃 Dancing Earth’s Bay Area Eco-Artivists present THE LISTENING PROJECT In the House of Matriarchs Centered in Dancing Earth’s Land Dance practices, we invite audiences to participate in embodied listening to ecologies of land, water, & place, as we honor matriarchs, mentors, and muses of diverse lineages. 🌱You’re invited to our emergent performance ritual!🌱 Join us for a special afternoon of multi-disciplinary, immersive community offerings and performance ritual. October 5th, 2:30-5:30PM at Cal State University East Bay, Hayward Chochenyo Ohlone Lands Find tickets, learn more, and read their bios on our website!

Upcoming! From the DE Bay Area Eco-Artivists 🐚🐚🐚 The Listening Project presents 3 upcoming opportunities to participate in connective community rituals of embodied Listening, learning from, and uplifting the wisdom of the Matriarchs and Elder mentors who have so generously shared themselves with us through this project. 🐚This Saturday 9/27 Celebrating Expressions of Love Gina Pacaldo invites the DE community to join in an afternoon of Celebrating Expressions of Love, in honor of her son Enrique Akira Quetzal Allen (May 30, 1986 - November 17, 2024). There will be gentle movement, opportunities to share words, poetry, or music, and of course delicious lunch provided 🐚10/4 12:30pm, Listening Salon: The Magnificent Matriarch A Story Circle Honoring Mothers, Grandmothers, and Filipina Babaylan Legacy at @dancemissiontheater We are honored to host elder Mila Anguluan and Lizae Reyes for their special Story Circle, which will be followed by Eco Artivism movement practice for Embodied Listening! 🐚10/5 The Listening Project’s Emergent Performance Ritual and Community Gathering at CSU East Bay. Join us for an afternoon of interactive community listening and performance ritual. Tea, collective altar building, mini-community workshops and more. All tickets at NOTAFLOF contact [email protected] for ticket discount/scholarships

🍃2 WEEKS AWAY🍃 Dancing Earth’s Bay Area Eco-Artivists present THE LISTENING PROJECT In the Hoeuse of Matriarchs Centered in Dancing Earth’s Land Dance practices, we invite audiences to participate in embodied listening to ecologies of land, water, & place, as we honor matriarchs, mentors, and muses of diverse lineages. 🌱You’re invited to our emergent performance ritual!🌱 Join us for a special afternoon of multi-disciplinary, immersive community offerings and performance ritual. October 5th, 2:30-5:30PM at Cal State University East Bay, Hayward Chochenyo Ohlone Lands Featuring dancer @blue.emma 🎥 @dmm_vision